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differed, but Hie deficiency in taste might v be owing to the fruit having been 

 forced too fieely. 



There were exhibited from .the Madame Melanie de Cnrnolera, of 56, Upper 

 Marylebone-street, various paintings in oil and water colours, Tillandsia, and 

 several other species of plants. From Mr. Bateman were several interesting 

 varieties of orchidaceous plants. There were three spikes of Saccolabium gut- 

 tatum, a plant which varies much in the colour and size of the flowers, and it is 

 stated by Mr. Bateman, that there are in India, as many varieties as there are of 

 the Epidendrum cochleata in America. There was also brides odoratum, a 

 plant exhibited in great beauty at the exhibition at the gardens, with flowing 

 racemes ; the plant being a native of the damp woods of India, and requiring 

 much moisture. Epidendrum alatum, a plant described by Mr. Bateman, as the 

 sweetest of the sweet, which perfumed the air with its grateful odour ; the 

 flower not being of a good colour, but of a dingy yellow or brown, none of those 

 of this class which have an agreeeble scent being striking to the eye. There 

 were also, in the same collection, Maxillaria atropurpurea, a new species of 

 Maxiilana and of Epidendrum. 



Mr. Groom exhibited a flower of the Chinese Pceony, from P. grandiflora, a 

 variety known in gardens as P. vestita. The bloom is not so large as that shown 

 at the South London Floricultur.il Society. 



Mr. Lumsden, gardener to H. Beavan, Esq. exhibited twelve sorts of very fine 

 shrubby Calceolarias ; Erica ventricosa pregnans, superba, and carnea ; and 

 Clematis Sieboldii, an admirable object of decoration, elegantly twined in this 

 instance. 



From the society's gardens were several Fuchsias, amongst which was Fuchsia 

 fulgens, a first-rate specimen; F. Thompsoniana, F. cylindracea, and five 

 hybrids, produced by intermixing F. fulgens with some Chilian varieties. 

 Some of these were very fine, and equally brilliant with F. sanguinea; they 

 were named F. Standishii, stylosa conspicua, pendula terminalis, sanguinea and 

 multiflora erecta. There was Stanhopea venusta, from Mexico, a grotesque and 

 grand orchideous plant, and also Broughtonia sanguinea, one of the oldest 

 Epiphites abundant in Jamaica, but seldom seen in good health. It bears the 

 climate of a sitting-room well, and is very suitable for this situation. 



FLORICULTURAL CALENDAR FOR JULY. 



The general index given in our last February number should be looked through, 

 and it will suggest to our readers what particular plants and culture now require 

 attention, some of which might otherwise be neglected. 



Greenhouse Plants. — Oranges, Lemons, &c. will ^require particular atten- 

 tion in dry weather, in order to supply them with water whenever they require 

 it : those pots or tubs that have not lately been top-dressed with fresh earth, 

 should now be done, by removing the old soil to the depth of three or four inches, 

 and replacing it with new ; it will be of great service in forwarding the growth 

 of the new set fruit, and also greatly invigorate the plants. About the middle or 

 latter end of the month, begin to bud them upon stocks raised from the kernels 

 of their fruit, that was sown in the spring of three years preceding; those plants 

 that have too great a crop of fruit upon them, should now be attentively thinned. 

 In dry weather, the plants belonging to this department in general should be duly 

 and daily supplied with water, as the earth in the pots will now dry very fast, 

 and require often to be moisUned. Those plants that may now require larger 

 pots may still he removed into such, using proper compost. All the plants should 

 be kept clear from decayed leaves, &c, and the surface of the pots from weeds, 

 loose litter, &c. &c. Still continue to propagate by cuttings or otherwise, any 

 required kind of plants, as before directed. 



Pleasure Ground, Flower Garden, &c. — Those annual plants that have 

 not yet been transplanted out, should now be done, in cloudy and showery 

 weather, keeping as much earth to their roots as possible, and supporting those 

 with sticks that require it; they will bloom well in August and September. 



